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The picture does not look like arc discharge, it's more like fluorescent lamp.
by rini17 7y ago
The picture does not look like arc discharge, it's more like fluorescent lamp.
- aidenn0 7y agoA fluorescent lamp is a mercury-vapor gas discharge lamp with a phosphor coating. Doesn't that qualify as an arc discharge?
- segfaultbuserr 7y agoAnd you literally need a thousand volts to kickstart a fluorescent lamp, at least on decent tubes.
- therein 7y agoLet me pull up my "flyback transformer on a chip".
- ridgeguy 7y agoNo. An arc discharge is a hot, high current density process. [1] The discharge in a fluorescent lamp is a glow discharge: low current density, moderate temperature and extended volume. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_discharge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_discharge
- aidenn0 7y agoThe first article gives fluorescent lights as an example of modern usage of arc lighting... The second article distinguishes between glow discharge and arcing.